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Work Placement

Code: 106923 ECTS Credits: 12
2024/2025
Degree Type Year
2503710 Geography, Environmental Management and Spatial Planning OT 4

Contact

Name:
Joan Carles Llurdes Coit
Email:
joancarles.llurdes@uab.cat

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

In order to be able to take the course, students must complete these requirements:

  1. For the course Pràctiques Externes/Prácticas Externas students must preregister according to a calendar that is made public every year. The calendar can be consulted at the following link (https://www.uab.cat/web/estudiar/grados/oferta-de-grados/informacion1345722453729.html). Failure to preregister results in the impossibility to register for the course Pràctiques Externes/Prácticas Externas. A student will only be assigned an internship position if they have preregistered within the established deadline. The pre-enrolment ofstudents takes into account the prioritisation of a maximum 0f five places offered. Places are allocated on the basis of the average marks on the student's transcript.
  2. Students must enroll the subject, after checking the academic management of their inclusion in the list of students definitely admitted. Student must have an accident and civil liability insurance policy.
  3. A specific agreement must be signed for each student, or signatura of a resolution by the Dean of the faculty, in case the practices are carried out within the scope of the UAB (e.g. in groups of research).
  4. It is recommended to have a digital signature (this greatly facilitates and speeds up the processing of the agreement).
  5. The student must have an updated CV.
  6. For other considerations, it will be necessary to refer to whatis indicated in the protocol of external practices of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities approved on June 7, 2024 (https://www.uab.cat/doc/Protocol-Practiques).

Objectives and Contextualisation

The purpose of this subject is to apply the skills acquired during the degree in a real professional environment in companies and institutions in the field of spatial planning, sustainability, environment and geography in general. Specifically the objectives of these practices are:

  1. To allow the student to apply and complement the knowledge, theoretical and practical, acquired throughout their academic training.
  2. To facilitate the knowledge of the work methodology appropriate to the professional reality in which the student will have to operate, contrasting and applying the acquired knowledge.
  3. To favor the acquisition of technical, methodological, personal and participatory competences that prepare the student for the exercise in some of the professional activities of Geography.
  4. To obtain practical experience that facilitates insertion into the labor market and improves future employability.
  5. To favor the values of innovation, creativity and social commitment.

Learning Outcomes

  1. CM34 (Competence) Use knowledge in geography and territorial planning to offer innovative responses to contemporary issues in professional activity.
  2. CM35 (Competence) Act with ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and duties, diversity and democratic values in professional activity.
  3. CM36 (Competence) Convey information using appropriate language about the work carried out in a clear, explanatory and concise manner to specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  4. CM37 (Competence) Solve problems related to activities or projects in the field of geography, the environment or spatial planning independently, in groups or in a transdisciplinary team.
  5. KM51 (Knowledge) Introduce those theoretical and applied aspects of the main territorial, environmental and urban policies in a practical work.
  6. KM52 (Knowledge) Integrate knowledge of social and cultural phenomena in an interdisciplinary project.
  7. SM48 (Skill) Apply theoretical, methodological and technical knowledge related to territorial planning in a specific project.
  8. SM49 (Skill) Identify approaches and methods of spatial analysis useful in an interdisciplinary team.

Content

The external intership, when being oriented to the professional qualification of the student, it does not properly teach content strictu sensu, either in person or online. Its main objective is to carry out training activities related to career opportunities in Geography. Through external internships, the student should achieve, expand and apply their own knowledge of the contents of the subjects studied previously and that are related to many areas of Geography with:

  1. Territorial information technologies: Cartography and Geographic Information Systems.
  2. Regional planning at different scales.
  3. Environment and sustainability.
  4. Analysis, planning and management of the city, the territory and the landscape.
  5. The knowledge society: continuous education, editorial work, media dissemination and solidarity.
  6. Mobility.
  7. Meteorology.
  8. Demography.
  9. There is also the possibility of doing the external internship in a research group from the Department of Geography of the UAB (e.g. GRAMP, GEMOTT, ICTA, Institut Metròpoli, etc.).
A Moodle classroom will be opened where, in addition to publishing certain reference documents for the follow-up of the subject, it will also be the main space for communication between the studant and the coordinator of the subject.

Some of the companies and entities with which we have collaborated in recent years are these. It has to be clear that past practices are not a guarantee of future practices.
  1. Several City Councils.
  2. Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya (Meteocat).
  3. El Temps (TV3).
  4. Taiko Meteorologia.
  5. Ingeniería Social.
  6. Landlab.
  7. Anthesis-Lavola.
  8. Solucions Geogràfiques
  9. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB).
  10. Centre de Ciència i Tecnologia Forestal, de Catalunya (CTFC).
  11. Generalitat de Catalunya (Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat).
  12. Parc Natural de Sant Llorenç del Munt.
  13. Parc Natural del Garraf.
  14. Parc Natural Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa.
  15. Parc Natural de Collserola.
  16. Consorci d'Espais d'Interès Natural del Ripollès.
  17. Espai Natural Guilleries-Savassona.
  18. Simbiosy.
  19. Espai TReS.
  20. Intra SL.
  21. Observatori del Paisatge.
  22. GPM Consultors
  23. Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona.
  24. Barcelona Regional.
  25. Institut d'Estudis Regionals i Metropolitans de Barcelona (IERMB) --> Institu Metròpoli.
  26. Grup de Recerca de Geografia i Gènere (Departament Geografia UAB).
  27. Grup de Recerca en Àrees de Muntanya i Paisatge (GRAMP) (Departament de Geografia UAB).
  28. Cos de Bombers, Generalitat de Catalunya.
  29. Vaic Mobility.
  30. Associació per a la Defensa i Estudi de la Natura de Catalunya (ADENC).
  31. Sistemas Medioambientales.
  32. Camí General.
  33. Aigües de Manresa.
  34. Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics (CED).
  35. Unitat de Planificació i Gestió de la Mobilitat de la UAB.
  36. Nexus Geographics.
  37. Fundació Comerç Ciutat.
  38. Societat Catalana de Geografia.
  39. Urbaser.

 


Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Supervised      
Monitoring reports (2) and final report 20 0.8 CM34, CM36, CM37, KM52, SM48, SM49
Tutorials (face-to-face or virtual), informative meetings, professionalizing seminars 10 0.4 CM34, CM36, KM52
Type: Autonomous      
Autonomous work according to the instructions of the tutor in the collaborating entity, skills test 270 10.8 CM34, CM35, CM37, KM51, KM52, SM48, SM49 

The contents of the subject will be developed through the formalization, for each student, of a specific agreement of educational cooperation for the realization of practices where they establish these points:
  1. The identifying data of the collaborating entity and the student.
  2. The data of the training project, with indication also of the period (date of beginning and end of the external intership) and schedule (daily and weekly).
  3. The motivation of the student. The purpose of the internship.
  4. The competences that the student must have at the end of the external internship.
  5. Tasks to be performed by the student.
  6. The follow-up procedure by the tutor designated by the collaborating entity.
  7. The agreement must be signed by all three parties: entity, Dean of the Faculty and student and priority will be given to all three being digital. The Faculty does not allow agreements with manual and digital signatures at the same time.
  8. Students will have to complete a minimum of two tutoring sessions (in-person or virtual) during the internship period. The tutor will record these sessions through minutes..
ATTENTION (1): there will be an information meeting at the beginning of each semester to explain in more detail the content of the internship subject. Attendance is not mandatory but highly recommended and it is necessary to anticipate the possibility that this meeting will be online.
ATTENTION (2): It is necessary to foresee the possibility that the practices have to do telematics, partly. Under no circumstances will specific agreements be accepted that provide for online internships in their entirety.

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Monitoring reports (2) and final report 30% 0 0 CM34, CM36, CM37, KM51, KM52, SM48, SM49
Professional seminars, skills test 10% 0 0 CM34, CM36, CM37, KM51, KM52, SM48, SM49
Report of the collaborating entity 60% 0 0 CM35, CM36, SM48, SM49

In addition to the previous one, the following should be taken into account:

  1. No avaluable: when the student does not complete al least 10% of the required hours of attendance.
  2. Suspès: when the student has completed al least 10% of attendance, but has note completed the remaining hours, and/or his/her activity has been negatively evaluated.
  3. Matrícula d’Honor: due to the particular type of this course, this grade is not contemplated.
  4. Recuperació: this class cannot be retaken in case the student obtains a "suspès grade".

ATTENTION (1): as part of the training activities specified in the assessment for the Pràctiques Externes, students must fulfil these two requirements:

  1. Have attended at least 2 of the group professional orientation courses organised by the Servei d’Ocupabilitat de la UAB and show proof of attendance by adjoining the corresponding certificates.
  2. Have taken the questionnaire Professional Competences Test offered by the Servei d’Ocupabilitat de la UAB and Barcelona Activa. The result of the test can be downloaded and attached to the final report.

ATTENTION (2): although in this subject it does not make much sense, just in case and in accordance with current regulations, about the PLAGIARISM, in the event of a student committing any irregularity that may leadto a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade forthis subject.

 This subject does not incorporate single assessment.

 

Bibliography

Here are some links to organizations that regularly offer courses or organize activities with a professional nature:
  1. Servei d'Ocupabilitat de la UAB (Treball Campus) --> https://www.uab.cat/web/servei-d-ocupabilitat-de-la-uab-1345704838572.html
  2. Odisseu --> http://www.odisseujove.cat/
  3. Col·legi de Geògrafs --> https://geografs.org
  4. Societat Catalana de Geografia --> http://scg.iec.cat
  5. Barcelona Activa --> https://www.barcelonactiva.cat/
  6. Asociación Española de Geografía --> https://www.age-geografia.es/site/
  7. EGEA --> https://egea.eu/

Software

Depending on the entity where the internship ends, students have to demostrate a certain mastery o fsome tools and software, from the most common and of general use to more specific ones with which they usually works. After knowing what the collaborating entity offers (i.e. Microsoft office, ArcGis, QGIS, etc), the student must be convinced that he / she will be able to do the internship without any inconvenience regarding this issue. In the event that this is not possible, the student will have to resign and will proceed to look for another option.


Language list

Information on the teaching languages can be checked on the CONTENTS section of the guide.